In the Shadow of the Springs I Saw is an exploration, and stories, of people who live in the Art Deco buildings of Springs.

It is the imagined lives of those who live in a space that is not theirs historically but one that they have reclaimed.

This work, in times of doom and complaint, creates a new narrative: one of revival, vigour and celebration.

A novel set in Morocco in the 1940s and weaving a story around the well-known writers, Paul and Jane Bowles. Paul was a composer and author of The Sheltering Sky, and Jane was the author of Two Serious Ladies.

This mesmerising novel draws the reader into the creative, erotic and exiled minds of Paul and Jane Bowles. Their struggles to write and their struggle to love, both each other and others, creates an unusually rich experience for the reader, and one which is hard to forget.

The reader is transported to the Johannesburg and Maputo of the 1980's; where wars of varying violences erupt and conjure the edgy, war-torn world of the film Casablanca. Adair's writing is brutally funny, witty and unnervingly erotic. This novel breaks new ground in the relatively unexplored territory of the South African post-modern novel, where the characters talk to the narrator about their uncertain destiny.

When you get a diagnosis that you have what could be a deadly disease, there are only two options - to choose to live or choose to die. To choose not to fight is easy. To choose to live is accepting a challenge. It is the beginning of a journey that will take you into another dimension of faith. It is a journey where you learn things about yourself and about your God. Barbara Adair Johnson's choice to go through the process was not just to be able to help someone else, but it set her on a path of inner healing. It prepared her for a deeper relationship with her Heavenly Father and the opportunity to know Him in a greater way. To speak His Word over your situation, and actually see it come alive and do the work is life-changing. Barbara's sayings of truth in this book are simple, yet profound Waiting to be revealed hidden in opportunities that would seem hopeless are God's most powerful gifts. The gift of life is no exception Find it in The Word when you - being The Redeemed - learn to say so Walk with boldness, conviction, and authority from the Lord when you learn to use His Word to craft your prayers and live